I received a copy of the Field Guide at my institution. The only direct advice in the guide concerning recovery of moving images and sound recordings is not to allow magnetic (audio and video) tapes and motion pictures to dry, but to keep them wet in clean water and call a specialist (contacts listed in resources section). I haven't yet consulted the dvd included with the guide, it may contain more detail.
 
I do think this Field Guide summarizes well the most important details of general disaster response, and I'm impressed with its consideration of the human factor: safety for people above all else, and how to communicate with staff, vendors, conservators, and newsmedia. Their list of what to expect in your emotional response to a disaster is quite good - it acknowledges the anger and grief you're likely to feel, the tendency to overreact, and the effects of unrealistic expectations of yourself ("expect to feel that you have probably ruined the whole response effort or ruined valuable materials.")
 
Rebecca Romanchuk
Texas State Archives
 
On 9/11/06, Watsky, Lance <[log in to unmask] > wrote:
Has anyone on the list purchased Heritage Preservation's Field Guide to
Emergency Response? I was wondering to what extent the recovery of
Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings were covered in the publication. Is
it simply the basics of disaster recovery for media collections or do
they go into greater detail?

Thank you,
Lance Watsky
Program Coordinator
UCLA Moving Image Archive Studies
www.mias.ucla.edu
310.206.4966
FAX 310.825.3383

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